Your Mail 3-8: Stuck with Sessions

Most people who closely followed Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaigns, both the GOP primary and the general election, should remember Trump made many enemies along the way. It was clear the GOP establishment wanted anyone except Trump as their candidate because of his continuous childish behavior and blatant lies.

Over time, though, Trump began to have some Republicans who jumped aboard the “Trump train.” One of these was Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, who, because of his inability to tell the truth during his Senate hearing on his way to becoming the U.S. Attorney General, has now been pressured into recusing himself from the Trump/Russia investigations.

Jeff Sessions is a man of very questionable character. He was rejected for the position of a federal judgeship 30 years ago by a Republican senate because of his racially offensive statements and actions. In particular, Sessions admitted to embellishing his record related to integration and segregation civil suits he claimed to have filed on behalf of blacks, claiming he’d filed “20 or 30 civil rights cases” as a U.S. attorney. However, during his Senate hearings to become U.S. AG, Sessions admitted his claims were grossly embellished.

Sessions called the Voting Rights Act of 1965 “a piece of intrusive legislation.” He did everything he could to discourage Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Figures from pursuing the tortuous death of black teenager Michael Donald, a death reportedly ordered by the Alabama KKK. African-American Larry Figures, then the assistant to Sessions, stated, “Mr. Sessions did attempt to persuade me to discontinue pursuit of the case, calling it a waste of time.”

Now our country is left with the only U.S. Senator desperate or racist enough to openly support this man named Trump as our nation’s Attorney General. Rather than choosing a person with a strong, moral compass, especially as it relates to being America’s “top cop,” because of partisan politics and our current president’s abhorrent behavior for months while campaigning, we’ve had to settle for a man who, at face value, seems to have the utmost disdain towards an entire race. This is what happens when a candidate alienates all of the qualified people for such an important position.

Greg Thibeaux

Pineville

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